Dimitar Ivanov
Engineering Manager at SumUp
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
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Top SchoolDimitar Ivanov is an engineering manager and seasoned software leader with 11 years building scalable backend systems, distributed architectures and microservices from Sofia. He has led teams across product and outsourcing environments, improving release and triage workflows, automating processes to cut support times from days to minutes, and managing client-facing technical relationships for mission-critical platforms. Hands-on across Java and backend stacks, Dimitar has also contributed to notable open-source work on the Eclipse SmartHome core—improving WatchService behavior and firmware provisioning—illustrating a knack for core-system internals and testing. He combines formal research training (PhD-level study in automated systems) with practical team coaching, mentoring and process design to raise delivery quality and developer productivity. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, process-minded and committed to inclusive, high-quality engineering cultures.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Automated Systems for Information Processing and Management, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Automated Systems for Information Processing and Management at Technical University of SofiaMaster E-Management and E-business, Master E-Management and E-business at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Bulgarian, Russian, English, Serbian, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
groovy10
firmware10
java10
eclipseiot10
javas10
osgi10
updater10
eclipse10
live-update10
test-automation10
multithreading9
maven6
postscript6
maven-archetype6
auth6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-archived/smarthome
Jun 2016 - Jul 2018
Eclipse SmartHome™ project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 9 PRs, 51 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:The user, Dimitar Ivanov, primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Eclipse SmartHome project, demonstrating a strong focus on enhancing the system's internal mechanisms. His work included modifying the WatchService to provide relative file paths, adding tests for the WatchService, and adapting associated components like FolderObserver and ConfigDispatcher. Additionally, the user implemented and improved functionalities related to firmware updates, including introducing the ability to update existing bundles and refactoring firmware provisioning by thing. These changes demonstrate expertise in core system logic and testing.
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